SYDNEY — Nova Scotia’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations a Cape Breton Regional Police officer used excessive force on a man while transporting him to jail.Read More

SYDNEY — A total of 18 men from throughout the Cape Breton Regional Municipality face prostitution-related charges as the result of an ongoing investigation in response to continued prostitution activity in downtown Sydney.Read More

SYDNEY — John Young says that he doesn’t work for free. So, he was among a number of ServiCom employees in Sydney who walked out of their workplace on Friday morning after they did not receive their anticipated pay.Read More

BADDECK — The Village of Baddeck is planning a maintenance schedule for its fire hydrants that will see at least 10 hydrants tested per week, according to documents filed with the provincial regulator.Read More

The province’s Serious Incident Response Team has decided not to lay charges against two Cape Breton Regional Police officers in connection with an arrest last month that led to a woman suffering serious injuries.Read More

RCMP are looking for help identifying a woman believed to have been involved in the theft of a delivery truck in Port Hawkesbury last week.
The truck was stolen from the parking lot of a mall on Reeves Street on Thursday.Read More

Former premier Rodney MacDonald says a gut feeling prompted him to sign a petition calling for an independent review of an ongoing Cape Breton Regional Police investigation into the tragic death of 17-year-old Joneil Hanna.Read More